@wrightbryan3 Friedman drives me nuts with his metaphors. "The middle east is like a tiger who can drive a car, and the US is like an ipod"

@1timstreet i must say, i'm too stubborn to read Friedman's books. He's too self-serving. I thought World is Flat was pretty bunk tobehonest

@benkettle That article had my interest until Friedman used the phrase "Perfect Storm". That's sooooo summer of 2000.

#debate08 brokaw just asked question on energy tech that is straight out of friedman's book http://tinyurl.com/5rp5r8

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Rescue the Rescue - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
I’ve always believed that America’s government was a unique political system — one designed by geniuses so that it could be run by idiots. I was wrong. No system can be smart enough to survive this level of incompetence and recklessness by the...

@timoreilly I like Friedman too but think he's wrong: bailout naysaying is NOT about ignorance, rather outrage, uncertainty, mistrust.

Login' off to go to school library for newly acquired copy of Friedman's new book--Hot, flat, and crowded

Dear Iraqi Friends (Friedman - NYT OpEd) - sage truths on US led nation building. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/opinion/24friedman.html